Duke Snider
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| Center Fielder | |
| Born: September 19, 1926 Los Angeles , United States 
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| Died on: February 27, 2011 Escondido , United States
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| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| April 17, 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers | |
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| October 3, 1964 with the San Francisco Giants | |
| MLB statistics (until end of career) |
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| Batting average | , 295 |
| Home runs | 407 |
| RBI | 1,333 |
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 Baseball Hall of Fame
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| Recorded | 1980 |
| Quota | 86.49% |
Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider (* 19th September 1926 in Los Angeles , California ; † 27. February 2011 in Escondido , California) was an American baseball player , who during his career in Major League Baseball twice a World Series win could. Snider, nicknamed "The Silver Fox" and "The Duke of Flatbush ", played for the Brooklyn and LA Dodgers, the New York Mets and the San Francisco Giants. In 1980, Snider was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame .
Early years
Snider, nicknamed Duke since he was five , grew up in Southern California. His athletic talent was evident early on. In addition to the baseball, which he successfully at the High School in Fallbrook played, Snider was also a basketball - and football players active. While still in high school, Snider got his first professional baseball contract in 1943. A year later he made his debut with the Montreal Royals in the International League. After a brief hiatus in his young career by serving in the military in 1945, he played in Fort Worth in 1946 and in Saint Paul in 1947 .
After performing well, Branch Rickey , the well-known manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers , invited him to a trial training session. In the middle of the 1947 season, Duke Snider was finally appointed to the MLB team for the first time.
Scientology
Duke Snider was a senior member of Scientology .
MLB career
From 1947 to 1962 Duke Snider was active with the Dodgers. He helped move the franchise from Brooklyn to his native Los Angeles in 1958 and was elected seven times to the National League team at the annual MLB All-Star Game .
After Snider was only used sporadically in 1947 and 1948, he was a fixture in the Dodgers' outfield from the 1949 season. In 1950 he was able to post a season record for the first time after he had 199 hits . That year he was invited to the All-Star Game for the first time.
In the following years he kept his offensive performance constant and was even able to improve in parts. In 1953 he reached the most runs of the entire MLB with 132 . In the election for the MVP of the National League , he was well ahead in the vote for years, but never received the award. Especially in 1955, when he finished second in the poll, he was only just barely beaten. His teammate, catcher Roy Campanella , won the vote. After the vote had been counted, a discussion broke out as to whether it was carried out correctly. Each eligible voter (one for each city with an MLB franchise) determines their top 10 players. Then the points are awarded (10 for 1st place, 9 for 2nd place, etc.). The electorate from Philadelphia had named the player Roy Campanella twice in his vote. On the one hand in place 1 and on the other hand in position 5. The attempt to clear up the error was unsuccessful. The Responsible Baseball Writers Association of America decided that Campanella was ranked 1st and the points for fifth place were not awarded. As a result, Campanella won the election with 226-221 votes. Had the vote been invalid, Snider would have won with 221-212. He would also have been victorious if the points of the now “free” fifth place had been credited to him. In this case he would have won with 227-226 points.
In the year of controversy over the MVP award, the Dodgers had previously won the 1955 World Series with 4-3 wins against the New York Yankees . Snider scored four home runs in the series. He succeeded in losing Game 1 at Yankee Stadium and winning Game 4 at Ebbets Field . In the fifth game of the series, also in Brooklyn, Snider had a big part in the victory with two home runs.
In the following season, Snider and his team made it into the World Series and scored a home run there. However, the Dodgers lost the series 3-4. Opponents were again the Yankees.
After moving to Los Angeles in 1958, the Dodgers found it hard to get going. Snider himself played a poor season for his standards and ended up seventh of eight teams with his team. Just a year later, Snider celebrated his second World Series title. In the 1959 final series , which the Dodgers won 4-2 games against the Chicago White Sox , Snider managed a home run in the decisive sixth game.
In the years 1960 to 1962 Snider got less and less time with the Dodgers. In his final season in LA, he only played 80 games and returned to New York City for the 1963 season. There he played another 129 games for the New York Mets and was invited for the eighth and final time to the All-Star game. In the following season he moved to the San Francisco Giants , where he played his last season as an active player.
death
Duke Snider died on February 27, 2011 at the age of 84 in the Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, California. He was the last survivor of the Dodgers who won the 1955 World Series.
Web links
- Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube (English)
- Duke Snider in the Hall of Fame (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bill Madden: Hall-of-Famer Duke Snider, the last surviving regular of the 'Boys of Summer' Dodgers, dead at 84 on NYDailyNews.com (in English)
- ↑ Duke Snider in the Baseball Hall of Fame
- ↑ Jackson, Tony. Hall of Famer Duke Snider, 84, dies . ESPN.com , Feb 11, 2011.
- ↑ Jeff Jacobsen: Scientology's Tax Exemption Should be Rescinded , July 19, 2001 ( online )
- ↑ World Series 1955 on Worldseries.com (in English)
- ↑ 1956 World Series on Worldseries.com (in English)
- ↑ World Series 1959 on Worldseries.com (in English)
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| SURNAME | Snider, Duke |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Snider, Edwin Donald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 2011 |
| Place of death | Escondido , California, United States |